v21_3805 - GRATIAN Maiorina pecunia, (MB, Æ 2)
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Maiorina pecunia, (MB, Æ 2)
Date: 378-383
Mint name / Town : Vénétie et Istrie, Aquilée (Aquileia)
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,33 g.
Officine: 2e
Emission: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale et irrégulier. Patine vert jade clair. Beau portrait. Joli revers. Faiblesse de frappe sur les légendes. Frappe légèrement tréflée au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N GRATIA-NVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste de Gratien diadémé, drapé et cuirassé, à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A') ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Gratianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Gratien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : REPARATIO - REIPVB// SMAQS.
Reverse description : Gratien diadémé et en habit militaire debout à gauche, relevant une femme tourelée, assise et tenant un globe nicéphore.
Reverse translation : “Reparatio Rei Publicæ”, (Le restaurateur du bien public).
Commentary
Poids très léger.
Historical background
GRATIAN
(24/08/367-25/08/383)
Born in 359, Gratien was named Augustus at the age of 8. Having become "Senior Augustus" after the death of his uncle in 378, he had to share power with his half-brother Valentinian II and chose Theodosius to assist him in the East. In 378, he had the statue of Victory, a pagan reference in his eyes, removed from the senate hall. After the revolt of Magnus Maximus, he fled but was assassinated in Lyon on August 25, 383..
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